Feminization of Unisex Names from 1960 to 1990
Abstract Frequencies of first names given in Pennsylvania in 1960 and 1990 were used to identify 33 unisex names, given with substantial frequency to both sexes. According to earlier books of names for babies, most of the unisex names were given to boys. In 1990 most of the same names were given to...
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1993-12-01
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Frequencies of first names given in Pennsylvania in 1960 and 1990 were used to identify 33 unisex names, given with substantial frequency to both sexes. According to earlier books of names for babies, most of the unisex names were given to boys. In 1990 most of the same names were given to more girls than boys. The findings support previous studies that names tend to evolve from masculine to unisex to feminine. Popularity of unisex names is usually brief. Most names given to a substantial number of boys and girls in one of the two years, 1960 or 1990, had low frequencies of one sex or both sexes in the other year.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8cc13a0d8614f65b544373d59c92dcd2022-12-22T03:42:04ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghNames0027-77381756-22791993-12-0141410.1179/nam.1993.41.4.228Feminization of Unisex Names from 1960 to 1990Herbert BarryAylene S. HarperAbstract Frequencies of first names given in Pennsylvania in 1960 and 1990 were used to identify 33 unisex names, given with substantial frequency to both sexes. According to earlier books of names for babies, most of the unisex names were given to boys. In 1990 most of the same names were given to more girls than boys. The findings support previous studies that names tend to evolve from masculine to unisex to feminine. Popularity of unisex names is usually brief. Most names given to a substantial number of boys and girls in one of the two years, 1960 or 1990, had low frequencies of one sex or both sexes in the other year. http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1370 |
| spellingShingle | Herbert Barry Aylene S. Harper Feminization of Unisex Names from 1960 to 1990 Names |
| title | Feminization of Unisex Names from 1960 to 1990 |
| title_full | Feminization of Unisex Names from 1960 to 1990 |
| title_fullStr | Feminization of Unisex Names from 1960 to 1990 |
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| title_short | Feminization of Unisex Names from 1960 to 1990 |
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